Lorne Gunter could help save CanWest Global

Have a look at the rant today from Lorne Gunter - former editor of the now defunct Alberta Report. It seems the market for erroneous and irresponsible tripe is not as large as the editors of the National Post might think.

Last week, CanWest (owner of the National Post) had a cap-in-hand meeting with their creditors and managed to grovel out a two-week reprieve on ponying up $88 million of their mountain of debt. They are now looking for things to heave over the side to stay afloat.

His latest tirade against the know-nothing scientific community is an excellent example of why the National Post has been bleeding red ink for years.

Gunter explains how he has determined that climate change is all a big mistake. The Earth isn’t warming – it’s cooling. Who knew?? If you are reading this Mr. Gunter, I urge you to phone Dr. James Hansen at NASA right away. I can’t believe he and the entire scientific community never thought of that.

Perhaps the reason the National Post is going broke is because they don’t respect the basic tenet of journalism: accuracy matters more than ideology. The Post has always erred towards the latter, an indulgence pioneered by its founder Lord Black, now cooling his heels in a Florida Jail after being convicted of fraud.

While the scientific community has been trying in their own pedantic way to warn the world about the apocalyptic consequences of burning fossil fuels, well-positioned pundits like Gunter and Will spill buckets of media ink trying to convince the voting public exactly the opposite.

It is the moral equivalent of standing in front a burning orphanage and telling the arriving fire fighters to go home because they are only shooting a movie.

The delivery vehicle of this cynical of PR campaign are media outlets themselves such as the National Post and the Washington Post (as well as collaborators like Lorne Gunter). They will have much to answer for as climate change proceeds apace.

Can’t you just see CanWest pitching for a bail out? The self styled “free enterprise” flagship that prefers opinion to fact would doubtless argue that without The Post the press will have a liberal bias. You bet that makes sense to Stephen H.

I am new here and am shocked at the extreme intolerance shown relative to those who may disagree with you. This is a free society and not nazi Germany. Wishing for Gunter and Will to be fired is way over the top. When you are confident in your position you don’t need to resort to extremism or character assassination.

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